Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1931, Page 8

THE EVE TAR With Sunday Morning Edition. | —_— , INGTON, D. C. .. .October 30, 1831 | . Editor | THREODORE W. NOYLS. .. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busi. |take 1o formuiate as their legisiative in | Rate by Carrier Within the City. R Bonine e 43¢ per month e Evening and ¢ 4 Bunda. 60c per month and Buncs; Bia dars 852 per month r Runday B 80 Rate by Mail—Pay:ble in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 11000 1 mo. g8 36.00° ) ma . § © 34.00. i mo. #0c | All Other States and Canada. | I‘l and Bunday. . ] yr. 31200 1 mo. $1.00 13 1 . . e | BlL=E" 15 R 128 Member of the Associaied Press. | ted P ely 1ied e ke o Topusiication of i s ci ¥ Sod elos The inchi mews APT1REE of Bubfication of s herein are airo reserved. : A special fllm‘f‘\' | A Psychological Atmosphere. | The United States has dispatched a | Mote to the League of Nations, accep! ing the proposal of a one-year holiday in naval construction. The scheme originated with Italian Foreign Miris- ter Grandi. Its purpose is to crea psychological atmosphere” for the gen- | eral conference on disarmament, 10 as- | semble in Geneva next February. If the Grandi plan is universally ap- proved by the naval powers, it would | come into effect rext month and be in force until November, 1932. Thus the statesmen of the world would be en- mbled, during their prospectively long- drawn-out deliberations at Geneva, to pursue them undisturbed by the clang- | ing of anvils or ths rat-a-tat-tat of | riveting machines in the shipyards of | Europe, Asia and America. As far as this country is concerned, the projected stoppage of construction | apparently calls only for abandonment of plans to build five destroyers—ell, that are left of the congressional au-| thorization of eleven, the recent presi- | dential economy decree having apped | the other six. The League naval holi- day Is not to arrest work on construc- | tion already under way. which includes seven 10,000-ton 8-inch cruisers, thmi modern submarines, five destroyers and one afrcraft carrier. All of this tonnage | ‘was authorized by Congress prior to the Londoh naval conferenze. None of-it, therefore, represonts new bullding to- ward the treaty navy. The parity pact| for which we so valiantly contended a | year and a half ago is still honored in' the breach rather than the observance. It “downing tocls” on five destroyers | will help to create the right kind of | *atmosphere” st Geneva next year, the ‘American people will régister no ve. hement objections to the United States’ | adhesion to the holiday proposition Their desire to see something achieved at the disarmament conference is genuine. President Hoover reported to be bent upon sending to Ceneva & delegation that will carry weight and constitute an ocular demonstration cf American anxiety for results. It has been said that the late Dwight W. Morrow was the White House prefer- ence for the chairmanship of the dis- srmament delegation. { Unhappily, recent events have not %een of & nature to suggest that the| eonference will essemble under prom- fsing skies. France has already told the League of Nations—and Premier Laval reaffirmed that position here—| that without security, French brand.! the Paris government cannot and will | not consider disarmament. As for the | immediate issue in hand, the one-year maval holiday, Japan is reluctant to give her assent, with the Manchurian situation still bristling with menacing possibilities. Naturally, the League-Grandi ideal; of a non-construction nayal year can- | mot be realized unless all of the sea | powers subscribe to it. So it may be ! Chinese bandits within or adjacent to | the South Manchurian railway zone | that will decide whether there is to| be a “psychological atmosphere” on | the shores of Lake Leman four months | hence. | ———— England has enjoyed laughing with | peveral self-styled Socialists but has! Mecided to run no risk of allowing lit- erary pleasure to interfere with busi- hess. | i | ———— The Progressive Threat. The Progressive Republicans of the Wisconsin delegation in Congress, it is Feported from Madison, are prepared to call a conference of Progressives avithin the next few weeks to formu- Bate a legisiative program. This pro- gram is to form the basis of their de- mands upon the Republicans in re- gurn for their support of the regular | Republicans in the organization of the Mouse in the coming session of Con- gress. Holding the balance of power in the new House, some of the Pro- @ressives arc figuring that they can force the regulars into taking their panaceas for farm relief and unem- ployment relief, by threatening to vote for the Democratic nominee for Speaker and for Democratic chairmen of the standing committees of the House if they are not granted. It may be that the Progressive Repub- ficans will be sufficiently stupid to vote for Democratic anization of the BHouse, but it scar soems, likely that some of them, who are astute politicians Whatever else may be said of them,! Would follow such a course. As long as| Bhe Republican party remains in con- | ®rol of the Congrass and of the Govern- | fment, the small band of Progressives ! Bmounts t» something. When the| Pemocrats ob.ain control, if they do, the Progressives will amount to nothing af Al unless they go all the way over and become Democrats permanently. They will become a small minority of the ninority party when the G. O. P. be- fpomes such a minority party. Instead ¢ holding the balance of power the Pro- @gressives will figure little In the councils ®f either party. The organizaticn of the next House Py the Democrats will be considered by Bhe country as a blow to the G. O. P.and such may have a disheartening in- in the coming nationsl cam- Unicss the Progressive Republi- ‘anxious to have a mmmfinfi why should they !sive Republizans ‘o( orgrnization in the House and very | | heretofore enjoying the right to run| 1 Democratic organization of the House? What can they conceivably ex- pect from the Democrats if they put them in power? Are good Domocrats 10 be sidetracked in the m:tter cf com- mittce ehairmenships to place Progres- in such ofices Hardly! Will the Demowrsts be any more willing to accept the extreme propocals which the Progrezsites un program draling with farm reilef and nt than are the regular Re- ne The Demc-crats realiz: they watch their siep iIn the coming Corgress, that they will be on trial be- fore the country. If they espouse the Progress 2m in return for Pro- | gressive supp: in o-ganization mat ters. they will be expectad by their Pro- gre-sive ellles t> put the program through the House. | Only one Progressive Republican tn‘ the House tocay “oftis an importent | chatrmanship, John M. Nelson of Wis- | consin, who is chalrman of the Com- | mittee on Invalid Pensions. Perhaps that is the rcason there is so much talk of Progressive Republicans comin~ | to support of the Democrats in matters little t2'k of ths Republican Progres- sives in the Senste alding the Demo- crats in the organ’zation of the Upper House. In the Senate, because of the rule of seniority, a long string of Republican Progressives are at the head of important committees, including | Borah, foreign Telations; | judic’ary; Norbeck, banking and cur-! rency; Howell, claims; Johnson, com- | merce; Prezier, Indian affairs; Nye, public lands, and La Follette, manufac- tures. None of these gentlemen Is anxious to give up his committee ass gn- ment. Yet the Republican Pmrreulvesl could as easily bring ahout the organ- iration of the Senate by the Democrats as could the Republican Progressives turn the organization over to the Democrats in the House. Cutting off the nose to spite the face is not done in politics—not as a rule. B Cleaning Up the City. Prohibitory and regulatory laws and rules relating to bfllboards and signs in Washington have been tight- ened eni furnished with teeth, and the District authorities, backed by an aroused public sentiment, will exert every effort toward adequate enforce- ment. The desideratum is to clear ‘Washington of all the cbnoxious signs that can be reached under the law and to make it as near a model city, in this respect, as possible before the influx of visltors here for the bicen tennial year. But gratitying success in this di- rection depends in large measure upon public ‘co-operation. Some of the physical handicaps to stringent enforce- ment of all the new regulations promul- gated by the Commissioners may let down the bars for those who seek to evade them. Merchants and others most affected by the new regulations will benefit the community, and, in the end, themselves, by falling in with the spirit as well as the letter of the new rules. The gencral aim of these new regula- tions is to prevent the indiscriminate erect! or display cf billboards or signs; to control by permit those that will be allowed to be rhown and, at the ssme time, to rid the city of the vast number of repulsive “tack-and- hammer” advertisements and appeals that now serve as exteri:r wall paper in some sections of the city. In going about the difficult work of drafting & set of regulations under the new law enacted at the last session of Congress Maj. Donzld A. Daviscn, the acting Engineer Commissioner, worked under the difficulty of devising rules that would be effective and at the same tims resist possible attempts toward emasculation at the hands of the courts. He was, in zddition, subject to pressure frim the elements which have taken the extrem= point of view on both sides of the question—those who wish to ob- literate all forms of outdoor advertis- ing end those who resent any interfer- ence with what they assume to be in- alienable rights concerning the use of | private property. Mej. Davison has done an excellent piece of work in pro- ducing a generally acceptable set of regulations. : They do not go as far as many would like to see them go. But the elimina- tion of objectionable forms of outdoor advertising falls within the category of all worthwhile efforts toward re- form. It must approach its objective by steps. The new regulations are by no means the first attempt to control billboards and signs in Washington. Regulations to that end have been in| effect for many years. But each! amendment or revision of the Jaws has | been more stringent. Each step toward | really adequate control has received greater public indorsement and support. | Education of the public to appreciate the benefits of controlling a nuisance, | hog-wild, 1s as important as the laws. | ——r——————— So far as personal success is con-| cerned, Ramsay MacDonald finds it distributed in & variety of forms over | past, present and future. It is suc- cess, none the Jess. —— o Good News From the Industries. For the past eighteen months busi- ness has been “t But it has turned back regularly and dishearteningly. There have been spurts of improvement in trade and industry only to be followed by recessions Prophets of good times have been dis- credited by events so often in this past | vear and a haif tht they now com- | mand but little credence. However, they | persist in their prognostications, though with more reserve than formerly. Now comes the annual trade survey of the | National Association of Manufacturers, presented at the thirty-sixth annual meeting of that organization in New York yesterday. This survey is a spot | Teport of present conditions covering eight hundred replies received up to October 24 to & questionnaire sent out on the 15th to more than a score of industries ranging from automobiles to textiles. It has been made public as an indication that the low point of the depression has been passed. Inventories, it is reported, are at the lowest point for years. Low and de- pleted stocks are reported by 44 per cent of the companies as against 26 | per cent last year, normal by 40 per | | porting. wages have held their own or bave been slightly bottered. In the 46 per cent which have been compelled to roduce. the general average roduc- tion hes been about 15 per cent. De- creased” production is reported by 73 per cont. decreased prices by 70 per cent, and these various decrezses strike | a general average of approximately 40 per cent, or nearly three times that of the weg: reductions Employment shows a slight improvs ment over this time last year, § cent of the reporting companies ing incressed thoir forees as against 3 per cent last year; 31 per cent hav- ing held their personnels as against 20 per cent lat year per cent havirg reduced their forces as egeinst 68 per cent Better business than last Pall noted by 8 per cent of the companies as against 5 per cent lart year: 18 per cent have held the same business as sgainct 14 per cent last year, and 74 per cent report lower business as against 80 per cent last year. Present trade was reported fair to excellent by 48 per cent and poor by 52 per cent. Prospects for the Winter ere considercq fxir, good or excel- ler. L . per cent and poor by 42 per cont. These percentage figures are unmis- | tekably encouraging. even though they do not disclose an immediate burst of prosperity. They certainly show a trend for the better. Particularly is Norris, | this evidence heartening in the item |, respecting inventories. With only 8 per cent of the industries overstocked, with 48 per cent at normal, snd with 44 per cent low and depleted, it is evi- dent that a return toward a normal volume of buying will quickly cause resumption of full time activity in manufacturing with a decrease in the volume of unemployment and s better- | ment of wage conditions throughout the country. 4 ‘Truly these figures are “good ne Distinguished visitors from abroad are to be sincerely welcomed for the especial reason that when they go home they almost invariably assist in correet- ing the unfavorable impressions of Amerifa created by some of the most industrious American writers. ————— Einstein is accounted a genius. So was Edison. Einstein's discoveries are not popularly understood. Those of Edison make themselves known in ways that everybody can comprehend and utilize. e L For the present, Al Smith will devote his energies as a leader largely to show- ing the way to distinguished visitors who are naturally more interested in the tall buildings than in the sidewalks of New York. ———— Ten years ago Mussolini was a strug- gling reformer. Great mentality has many forms of expression, as asserted by different individuals. Mussolini also must be ized as a genius. e Without waiting for Laval's formal communication, the Council of Minis- ters already has the satisfaction of knowing through a reliable press that he will be able to report progress. o Polish patriotism regards what is loosely termed the “corridor” as a straight and narrow way which inter- national righteousness must view with respect. = . Ease with which the Federal court at Chicago got results makes it a matter of regret that circumstances do not per- mit Judge Wilkerson to make a tour of the larger cities in his official capacity. ot e SHOOTING STARS. ‘With problems growing so intense, A guess will often tfail. A man may rise to affiuence And, later, go to jail. A person of great enterprise May lead the bootleg stars And next, because of ways unwise, Be back of prison bars. A crooked financier may get Big figures, it is said, hich later fill him with regret By being “in the red.” In candor, we must all agree Uncertainties prevcil. A famous “next address” may be A palace or a jail. Present Interest. “Your name will resound through the corridors of time.” “I don't care anything about the cor- ridors” answered Senator Sorghum. “What I am cultivating now is ap- plause from the galleries.” Jud Tunkins says the only profes- sional Communist he ever knew hadn't any money to divide around and only wanted to share his worries. A Fiction Masterpiece. An author's works may haunt the shelf In a neglect alarming: But in descriptions of himself His style remains most charming. His praise reflexes show a sum Of most tmpressive diction, Until it's plain he has become His favorite work of fiction Demoralizing. “If you don't look out” said the salesman, “this fruit juice will develop alcohol.™ “That's why I fear it as a demoraliz- ing influence,” commented Uncle Bill Bottletop. “It's going to tempt a whole lot of people to be careless and for- gettul” “Ancient books,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “have this advantage— they tell untruths sometimes, but never in a way to make them popularly in- - Band Wagon Music. The old band wagon rolls along. Some tuneful artist tries To figure out a campaign song ‘That's bound to harmonize. ‘That old band wagon on its way Of music shows a lack: Its motor horn with raucous lay Just bellows, “Clear the track “Old Man Worry,” seid Uncle Eben, cent as against 57 % cent last mr.l and overstocks by 8 per cent as against 17 per cent in 1930, In 5¢ per cent of the companies re- “may be like one ©' dese Halloween hants cdat looks terrible ak first but turns out to be a friend wiem be takes off his disguise.” and 64| i FRIDAY, oc TOBER THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. In these days of unemployment it is | well to recall that charity has long besn a virtue among men Kindness to rnimals is a reflex of kindness to mankind. In Emile Zola's “The Joy of Living.” which was considered part in tn coumn recently, the chasacter cf | cat, Minouche, is brpusht out by delt | touches here and there | There would be n at in the story. | however, if the character of the heroinc Tw Cifferent e girl's active charity now spread over a'l the neighborhood.” the reader is !told. “She had an instinctive affectio: fcr the wretched and she was never peiled by their forlorn condition. “She even carried this feeling so far as to patch up the broken legs of fowls with splinters of vood and to set bowls of pap outsiie at night for homeless cats.” Fortunate was Minouche to live with such a family, cne of whose members | thought of wandering cats and set cut bowls of bread and milk for them. This is an action much more com- {mon than many persons would believe. | Leftover foods of all sorts, set cut in cold weather for homeless dcgs and cais, usually have vanished by morn- 1oy | | not feel that strays should be harmed. but that they should be redeemed, if possible. by the only method available with the brute creatures—good food. PR The story brings the reader the ill- ess and convalescence of the heroine jand the following characteristic para- | graph: |~ “Her convalescence was heralded in by long slumbers. She slept for whole days, quite calmly, breathing easily 'and ‘regularly, steeped in strength-re- | storing stupor. Minouche, who had been | banished from the room during her pe- iriod of prostration, took advantage of ! this quietness to slip in again. “She jumped lightly upon the bed and immediately lay down there. nes- tling beside her mistress. Indeed. she gpent whole days on it reveling in the armth of the blankets or making an interminable tollet, wearing away her fur by constant licking. but performing each operation with such supple light- ness that Pauline could not even tell she was moving.” Only a sympathetic and deep ob- server of cats could draw that picture or the following, & characterization of another young lady in the story: ‘She was like Minouche, in ‘this re- spect, content to be caressing so long as her own enjoyment was not inter- i fered with.” * ok % % The firritable condition of a sick i man’s mind is brought out in one por- | tion of the story, as the father grumbles: “She has gone away, the heartless girl! Ah, if I were to gle there would only be Minouche left to close my eyes.” He calls for the dog, Matthew, to keep him company. “But it was in Minouche, rather than in Matthew, that he found a faithful associate, for the cat reveled in the close, warm atmos- | phere of sick rooms, and spent her’days lying on a couch near the bed.” And then comes a paragraph which shows the master observer the do- mestic cat: “However, when the patient gave a mgre than usually loud cry she seemed surprised, and turned upon him, sitting on her tail, and staring at him with her big round eyes, in which glistened the indignant astonishment of a sober mWhlc nature whose tranquillity been deeply disturbed. What could possess him to make all that disagree- able and useless noise?” * ok ok X A cat .must, indeed, take life phil- , as the following shows: b s grew more and more des- perate, till they at last seriously dis- turbed Minouche, who had a family of four kittens thrown away that morn- Those who really love the animals do | ing. and who, already quite forgetful of | them, had been purring laz: armehair “When Pauline took her place again her uncle how'ed so loudly that the cat got up. unable t> encure the din. She fixed her eyes steadily on the sick man, with the indignaticn of a weil behaved person whose #°r is disturbed. If she could not be sllowed to purr in peace, it would be impossible for her to stop there. And she took herself off, with her tail in the air.” Another striking trait of cat char- r is shown in several following par- hs. It ust be understs that are mere acdcs in the sto the tale itsell is not overburdened with Minouche the collection of these paragraphs in sequence might lead one to think “The pricst and the doctor had found Chanteau rolling a paper ball across the table—a ball formed of a prospec- tus discovered inside a newspaper. inouche. Who: was looked on with her green ey peared to disdain such an elementary plaything, for she had her paws stowed away beneath her, strike out at it with her claw it had rolled close to her nose. *'x % This is good cat observation, but Zola knew his cats even better. “The two others were soon deep in their game, quite forgetful of all else in the world, when all at once Mi- nouche, who had probably got tired of seeing the paper ball under her nose, sprang forward, sent it spinning away. and bounded in wild antics after it all round the room though “‘What & capricious creature!' cried | Chanteau, put out in his pl ‘She wouldn't have a game with mc on eny account a little while ago, and now she prevents one from thinking by playing all by herself.’ “Never ‘mind her, said the priest, mildly. ‘Cats have thelr own way of amusing themselves.’ The next day the doctor calls again. “When Dr. Cazenove arrived he found Chanteau and Abbe Horteur playing draughts in the dining room. From all appearances they might have been en- gaged on the game which they had commenced the day before, and have never stirred from the room since the doctor's previous visit. Minouche sat near them, intently studyi the draught board.” . The longimg for signs of sympathy from a cat is known to4nost people who | like them. Seldom is there any answer. | “His eyes rested upon Minouche, who lay upon the table, with her feet tucked under her, in such a state of restful Deatitude 'that she had not moved. ‘Well, you ungrateful animal, you might rouse yourself to welcome me!' He | stroked her as he spoke, and she began | to purr, but still without moving.” * ok ox % ‘The story progresses, the cat appears | from time to time, as she wou'd normal- | ly in such a household. “Come and | help me to look whether Minouche has carried my ball of thread onto the top of the cupboard.” The reader is presented with a last picture of Minouche in her old age, but still altve and happy. “‘How old is Minouche now?' Caze- nove inquired. ‘I have seen her about as long as I can remember.’ “‘She Is turned 16," Pauline answered, | ‘and she keeps very well yet.' “Minouche, who was still at her | tollet on the window sill, raised her | head as the doctor pronounced her name. For a moment she held her foot suspended in the air, then again began to lick her fur delicately. “‘She isn't deaf as you see, Pauline said, ‘but I fancy her sight is not so good as it was. It is scarcely a week ago since seven kittens of hers were drowned.’” And so Minouche, as far as the reader of books is concerned, never dies, but remains imm | | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC It is the call of heredity that inspires Willlam Howard Gardiner, president of the Navy League, with his fiery zeal on behalf of adequate naval preparedness. Gardiner is a kinsman of the late Ad- miral Mahan, celebrated author of “The Influence of Sea Power.” Al- though the Navy League executive is not a sailor by profession, he is a pro- found believer in the fundamental ten- ets laid down bv Great-uncle Mahan. Some of his friends think that Gar- diner may have let out too much can- vas in charging President Hoover with “abysmal ignorance” of the Navy's functions and ascribing it to his “con- genital pacifism.” The Commander in Chief's economy wave has churned up a terrific resentment thrqugh all ranks of the fleet, and Gardiner is venting the indignation that fills them. He is a Bostonian by birth, engineer graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, was once associated with Henry L. Doherty in public utility financing and quit business in 1914 for war work. Gardiner claims- to have patented the view that “North America, particularly the United States, has ceascd being vir- tually self-sufficlent and is taking on the character and outlook of a great island centrally placed in the oceanic field.” Hence the need for a mighty navy. o ] Seneca said, “While you look at what is given, look also at the giver.” Demo- cratic leaders survey in that spirit Senator George H. Moses’ blithe pre- diction that the Democrats will organize the next House of Representatives. They wcnder where the catch is— whether the canny Republican Presi- dent pro tem of the Senate and the rest of the G. O. P. aren’t lying awake nights praying that nothing may pre- vent the Democrats from. taking control of the lower branch. It is an open secret that one of the things on which the Republican party pins its hopes of victory in 1932 is that the Democrats will handscmely discredit themselves in Congress this Winter. The idea is that the country, on the eve of the presiden- tial election, would have an exhibition of Democratic “incompetence” that would make the people hesitate to dis- place the party now in power. At this gloomy writing the trust that the Democrats, running true to form, will do the wrong thing at the right time is the reed on which the Republicans are mainly leaning. That refers espe- cially to the presidential nomination. sk Wall Street wisecracks now perco- lating through Washington: At present the banks &re carrying more people than ! the railroads. A movemert is afoot to erect a monument to the Unknown Solvent. * X ox % American political history would prob- ably be searched in vain for the phe- nomenon <f a brother and sister both vice presid-ntial nomination. Theodore Roosevelt nd Alice Rocsevelt Long- worth qualify for that unprecedented distinction. acquired fresh momentum this week in consequence of the presence of the Go erncr of Porte Rico and Mrs. Rooseve in Washington as White House guests. Young “T. R.” rates as having given an uncommonly good account of himself at San Jusn. Reptblican leaders say he has “grown” perceptibly and is mak- ing a progressively successful fight to be himself and not the son cf a dis- tinguished fether. o # A reader of these observations writes in to say that not merely two, but three, umpires of the German-American Mixed Claims Commission have passcd away in succession since that body was organized in 1921, The first umpire, Justice Willlam R. se! In 1929 Judge being mentioned simultaneously for the | ‘The “Ted” Roosevelt boom | WILLIAM WILE. Parker died, and this week the third umpire, Roland W. Boyden, was taken. * ok ok x ‘Well, if they can't have independence at _home, the Filipinos are apparently epared to look for it insthis country. During the last decade the Filipino population of the United States has in- créased 706.9 In 1920 there were only 5000 of the little brown brothers here. By 1930 the number had grown to 45,000. Graphic statis- tics of Filipino life over here have just been issued by the American University Graduate School at Washington. Ha- ‘wall, where the Filipinos have acquired a definite place in the social and eco- nomic life of the community, contains 63,000 of them. It is the stMady in- crease of immigration from the Philip- pines that gives rise to the incessant demand of American organized labor for legislation excluding it from the mainland of the United States. * ok ok X In the little Virginia subdivision across the Potomac which contains Ar- | lington National Cemetery, the Tomb of | the Unknown Soldler, the Lee Mansion 1and other cherished American acres a political battle royal will be decided on | November 3. A woman, known as Ar- lington County’s “happy warrior,” is one of the 51 candidates running for the five positions on the County Board, which new form of government will be inaugurated January 1, 1932. She is Mrs. Florence Cannon, a Democrat. Fair, plump and vivacious, Mrs. Cannon emlfnud into Virginia from Pennsyl- vania. She is campaigning for the Ar- lington County Board on the platform that affairs of government are the busi- } ;mrs‘: %fe;nen l'xl)d 'iome;ll alike. She has 01 n active in the county's civic | and political life. " | * K x % | | _Radio’s first foreign Ambassador, Cesar Saerchinger, European represent- ative of the Columbia Broadcasting System, is arriving in Washington dur- ing the week end for his maiden visit to the American Capital. During the | past two years Saerchinger has brought | before the microphone in London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Vienna and Geneva prac- {tlully every European statesman of |renown and introduced them to the | Yankee radio audience. On election night in Great Britain this week | Saerchinger conducted in New York a | transoceanic telephone conversation with Raymond E. Swing, Londcn cor- respondent of the New York Evening | Post, which brought out the first re- turns indicating the MacDonald govern- ment’s landslide victory. The conver- sation was relayed by radio throughout Cclumbia’s coast-to-coast network and was heard as clearly as any ordinary long-distance talk in this country, * ok % % ‘The Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, vice president of Georgetown University, Washirgton, who recently replisd devas- tatingly to George Bernard Shaw's “boob” broadcast to the American ‘pegl‘e. says that Soviet Russia is now |50 hard pressed for ready money that | its New York agents are seeking a $150.000.000 credit and facing the possi- bility of paying 33 per cent interest for it. | (Copyright, 1931.) PSS v oo ig i Could Curb Regrets. | Prom the Milwaukee Sentinel. | Oppopents of mail rate increase de- | clare it would cut pestal revenues. If |it would also cut down the amount of trash in our mail box we could curb our “ cegret. | Large Waiting List, e Duluth Herald. | inm th | taken of the large and ! ng_ near, | She ap- | never deigning to | Comiskey Death Recalls Early Base Ball Here To the Editor of The Star The passing into the greh_ x of Charles A. Comiskey. Kno throughout the base ball world as the “Old Roman,” marks a milestone in base ball history. “Charlie” Comirkey more thean eny other man was responsible for the present American Base Ball League as well as this city being a member of the American League. After the National League had re- duced its circuit frcm the unwieldy 12-club league to fis ent number, eigl dropping Washington, Baltimore. Louisville and Milwaukee, the Nationai Capital was without a professional base ball club for two years. The lease on { the grounds at Seventh street and Flor- !1da avenue, which was then held by the owners of the club, the Wagner brothers of Philadelphia. and held by the National 1 | In 1903 the American League, which ' had been operating in the West, sought |to extend its eircuit by coming East. | with eves on Washington, Baltimore, | ! Fhilaledphia and Boston, capital for | | which had been provided “Charlie” Co- | miskey, backing the late “Ban” John- | son, financislly and otherwise, put John- son, who had been a sporting writer on the old Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, to the fore of the movement and came !to Washington, placing “Jimmy" Man- ning as manager, with Fred Postal and Tom Loftus as the financial backers, lo- ! cating the playing grounds at Fifteenth and H streets northeast. It was the only rvailable location at the time, but becauso of the distance from the center of the city as well as the deficient rail- was transportation, the club, although containing several outstanding stars and finishing well up in the race, was a financial failure. After the National League lease on the grounds at Seventhy street and Florida avenue expired iten J. Lam- bert, then attorney for the Washing- ton American League club, came to the writer for the purpose of enlisting his interest in it. No one knew the possi- bilitles of a winning ball club in Wash- ington better than the writer, since as a boy he played base ball on the lots |and reported the games for the then New York Associated Press,* compiling its first box score of the games as well jas writing special reports for out-of- town newspapers. He then formed a nucleus with the late and beloved Tom | Noyes of The Star, with whom he had been associated in the Bulletin, the Columbia Theater and other business enterprises, took over the ing- ton American League club and re- moved the playing grounds from Fif- teenth and H strects northeast to its present location. “Charlie” Comiskey, in his playing days, was one of the most outstanding players of the national pastime. He played first base and was captain and manager of the old St. Louis Browns, owned by the late Chris von der Ahe, one of the greatest base ball ma- chines ever gotten together before or since that time. When my mind goes back to some of the greatest plays ever witnessed on a ball field, and none living have seen more in this city, there is one play that stands out in my memory as a gem. It occurred when the playing grounds were located at Ninth and S streets northwest, where Barnum and Bailey's Circus held forth in those days. The club was then owned by Moxley, the bill poster. Among the Washington players was the late “Bob” Barr of this city, one of the best pitchers of his day. He could drive a ball into the air as far as Dan Brou- thers, Ed Delehanty or “Babe” Ruth, but he could not get it on a line which was the reason for the play. Unlike the miniature bandboxes one see: around the major league circuits today, the grounds at Ninth and S covered many acres of land. “Commy"” was playing first with Curtis Welch, next to “Billy” Sunday, the fastest man on his feet I ever saw in base ball, play- ing center field. There was a man -on first base when “Bob” Barr came to the bat and hit a terrific high fly to the outfield. The ball was seemingly safe and the runner had reached third base. Welch, with an eagle eye, turned his back to the ball and like a deer ran fully 100 feet to the center fleld fence and throwing up his right hand caught the ball off the fence. Without a lost motion he threw the ball on a dead line to the awaiting hands of “Commy” on first base, completing a double play. ‘When one considers the distance Welch had ‘to run, making the phenomenal catch and the throw like a bullet, it was the most sensational double play I ever witnessed. On any league grounds today the ball would have cleared the fence with a “Babe Ruth home run. This is neither the time nor the place to go into details of the severance of the personal and financial relations be- tween “Commy” and “Ban” Johnson, other than to say that whatever their difference the “Old Roman” was unre- lenting. W. J. DWYER. ———a Claims Plan to E;«rlr Depression in 90 Days To the Editor of The Star: Regarding the contest in Washing- ton for a plan for the relief of unem- ployment, in which I did not take part, but waited for the outcome. I take the liberty to claim that no contests, no plans so far applied, can or will relieve unemployment or bring back the balance and prosperity. After years of study, observation, I have come to the conclusion that there 5 one and only one way to relieve all unemployment, not only in the United States, but all over the world; stop all suffering caused by depressio gluyment. lack of funds, etc., arm no’ one. My plan does not necessitate chan, ing of governments, terror, or suppres- sion; does not take away possession of one to give to the other, and does not depend on charity, which is the great- est insult to humanity in this twentieth century and which makes such cripples out of ocug civilization. My scheme is led only by Christian desire to solve this problem for the wel- fare and happiness of every one. My scheme for solving the problem of unemployment, relieving human suffer- ing caused thereby and bringing pros. eneral is feasible, easily a complished, harming no one and bring- Ing to all (rich and poor) general satis- faction and happiness. My plan will put almost an end to all crime for gain, end poverty and will bring a real civilization, real prosperity and happiness for everybody. I am not giving my plan hereby, as there have been numerous plans before, | and many of thom pretty good, bdt somehow they have vanished. If there is a body in our civilization that really is anxiou- to relieve and dis- solve this very urgcat problem of un- employment, I dare them to bring my plan before the public forum. My plan will solve the question of depressicn and bring prosperity in gen eral within 90 days. 1 dare any one—to dare me. DOROTHY B. WILHELMI, Boulevard Heights, Md. Promising Politicians. Thousands of Government experts are working constantly for the benefit of all citizens of the United States They will work directly for you if you will eall for the fruits of their labors through our Washington bureau. State your inquiry briefly, write clearly, and, inclosing 2-cent stamp for A personal letter in reply, address The Eveniny Star Information Bureau, Frederic J Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Did_the Do-X make a flight over | Miam{, Fla. before leaving for New | York?—J. T. 8. | Miaml Chamber of Com- | ys that the Do-X made a Miami. on its arrival from ner Key. This was its first landing in | the United States. to bul 1Fld a legation building in Canada? A. Work on the erection of the new United States legation bullding to be built on Wellington street, Ottawa, is expected to begin in a few weeks. The site of the building is directly opposite the Canadian Houses of Parliament and will oterlook the whole of Parliament Hill. The new building will cost about $300,000. It will be large enough to ac- commodate all officials of the United States Government in the Canadian capital—diplomatic, commercial and consular, Q. Didn't Kepplestone beat Jack High's record for & mile race?—W. B. S. A. Jack High's record of 1 minute 35 seconds is the United States record. Kepplestone holds the world record of 1 minute 324-5 seconds, made at the Brighton track, England. These horses were racing in’competition, not against e. Q. Please give up-to-date information as to the number of banks which have closed in the United States in the calendar year 1931 to date. {number in New England which have closed this vear and the number in New England which have - reopened.—D. A. The Department of the Treasury says that there were 1,234 bank failures during the first nine months of the calendar year 1931, Two banks have clesed in New England this year. Three banks in New England have reopened. $ gow fast do ducks and geese fly? A. Many conflicting reports have been made. Since the advent of the automobile and airplane it is possible to time them more accurately. Ducks and geese co not usually travel at a rate of more than 40 miles an hour. A duck hawk has been timed, however, which flew at a speed of 165 to 180 miles an hour when chasing prey. Canada geese were timed at 44 miles rlln hour and a brant at 45 miles an our, Q. Of what faterial is the Victoria Cross made?—L. D. J. A. It is made from cannon captured in the Crimean War, principally at Sebastopol, and is inscribed “For Valor.” Q. Can any one procure postal sav- lnix lx:xds? W. W. . Any one over 10 years of age make postal savings deposits ..‘ndmg sums as low as $1, but no one may have on deposit more than $2,500. The deposit bears 2 per cent interest. On January 1 and July 1 each year 20 postal savings bonds South America, before landing at Din- | Q. When is the United States golng | Also the | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, {for them only with postal saving eer- | tificates. Q. Does a second wife have a right fo share tn her husband's estate’—5 A A. She has a dower right unless sh* | has signed it away. An attorney or a legal aid society could explain the status of a wife in a specific case. . Q. How long did the dance mara- thon last which began in Chicago at {the Whit> City Ball Room in August, |1930>—W. E. P. | A. It started August 30. 1930, and ended April 7, 1931. The duration was 5295 hours, which is the world record. Q. What | with?—R. A It was paved with hexagonal blocks of lava, exactly fitted to one an- other, resting on a substructure of con- siderable depth. There may still be seen important remains which prove its ex- cellent workmanship believed to be was the Applan Way paved F. J Q. What prize was given recently to Edna St. Vincent Millay?>—T. W. | A. She received the Helen Haire Lev- inson Prize offered for a m or group of poems by an American ap- pearing _in Poetry, a magazine of verse. The award was based on her “Three Sonnets.” The Levinson prize of $200 has been offered for 16 years by Salmon O. Levinson, Chicago at- torney, in memory of his wife. Q. Who was James Joule?—E. N. C. A. James Joule (1818-1889) was an Englishman who was prominent in | establishing the doctrine of conserva- tion of energy. He proved experi- mentally the identity of heat energy and mechanical energy and determined the mechanical equivalent of heat. He also discovered the law of heating of a conductor by an electric current. Q. What 1s the gignificance of the organization known as the Society of | the Daughters :él the Barons of Runny- mede?—W. C. C. A. The soclety was organized in 1915 by Mrs. Robert G. Hogan of Catons-~ ville, Md., who conceived the idea of an organization for women similar to a men’s organization, the Baronial Of- - cer of Runnymede, which was organized but undeveloped on account of our en- try into the World War. The mem- bership is limited to those who can trace their ancestry in a direct line to a baron who in the year 1215 A. D. compelled the signing of the Magna Charta by King John at Runnymede. The organization is American. Q. Should the inner envelope of a wedding invitation be addressed?— D. C. 'A. Tt bears the name but not the ad- dress of the persons to whom it is sent. Q. T've been told that the dirtiest money sent in to the Treasury for re- demption comes from El Paso, Tex. Q. Where was the Charter Oak lo- cated?—D. R. A. It was in Hartford, Conn. This tree was computed to be about a thou- sand years when it was blown down, August 21, 1856. e A. How long has the word appendi- citis been in use?—F. T. A. The first use of the word cannot be dated, but appendicitis was consid- ered so rate and obscure a word in 1888 that it was not included in the New English Dictionary published in that’ year. Acceptance by the ccuntry of the Interstats Commerce Commission’s de- cision on the railroad application for 15 per cent increase in rates is accom- panied by some predictions that further measures will be provided for the as- sistance of the roads. The increases pro- vided cn certain commodities and the pooling of these revenues, with result- ing assistance to the weaker lines, are expected to produce an improvement in the condition of the industry. The rail executives’ proposal that help be given in the form of loans also meets with much apprcval. “The decision,” as summarized by the Louisville = Courier-Journal, “may be considered to presage a change of ad- ministrative policy on the part of the commission, whereby the members may be more liberal in future times of perity, when higher rates are not fi:l‘; to cause-so great a protest. Out of ad- versity, then, may emerge a great fvic- tory.” The Rutland Herald feels the proposal “may result in stabilizing railroad securities and thus permit the employment of capital in railroad re- placement extensions or necessary equipment.” The Oklahoma City Times assumes that “half a loaf is better than none,” and sees “a long stride toward that unification of transp:rtation sys- tems which should make for greater efficiency and improved service.” “All in all, except in the possipility of a later temporary increase in the rate on lumber, the decision is highly intelligent,” in’ the the Portland (Oregon) Journal, and the Oakland Tribune avers that “the proposal seems to be one designed to encourage the pooling of problems and possibly facilitate that consolidation in areas which has long been urges ‘The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader finds it “pleasant to note that the commission gave some thought to the farmer’s posi- tion,” but adds that “he was entitled to even more consideration than he re- ceived.” The Omaha World-Herald testifies that agriculture is “relieved from any considerable share in the cost,” and concludes that “it is per- haps as good a plan, in fairness to all parties concerned and to many in dis- tress, as could be'lm'prl:vi.ud." * The St. Louis Times observes that “the commission seems to have met the request of the roads with a reasonable margin to spare, without acceding to the 15 per cent originally asked,” and the Worcester Telegram advises that “to co-operate in the pool would cost the proseprous roads nothing, and they | would stand to share in what was left | after the credit requirements of the in- digent roads were taken care of.” The Lexington Leader is convinced that “if these measures are worked out, the roads will find themselves in much better shape.” “The big thing about it is that it is roads know what is ahead and they can visable to solve their difficulties.” The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel estimates Prom'the Worcester Daily Telesram Police found three Everett boys play- ing catch with sticks of dynamite. | ising candidates for future polit- | ical honors, these. . An Open Field. From the Omaha Evening World-Herald. 1If New York gets tired of him, Jimmy | Walker could, easily become mayor of any one of a half dozen European cities. e R e~ Ly Give Them a Chance. Prom the Harrisburg Telezraph Public libraries ot the country are mflmfl‘ for Children’s week. Novem- and s little later they might turn their attention to an Adults’ week. Economies in Daylight. Prom the Port Wayne News-Sentinel. Now. that the “saving” Buit o dagigis T ference in that “the proposed changes would not make more than a 5 per cent increase in the revenue of the roads, taken as a whole,” and that “there is some good ground for the belief that the decision constituted a comprcmise more favor- able to shippers generally than to the raflroads.” The N!:hYork mm&: that, “summed up, the commissi l'w&d the nature of the situation & has proposed a plan of at least partial relief.” - * The New York Sun: “Even a patch will help until the return of prosperity makes it ible to give the roads what they should have. If good times come back soon, the question of wage readjustments may be avoided.” On the latter phase, the Chicago Daily News comments: “Talk of wage reductions by the railroads, though natural, is only eriod 15 over, sibl Legin to take such steps as may be ad- | Railroad Decision Approved As Temporary Settlemeni the PhMlphh“‘lflnlnl B;ll- &, nasens i feature of the :”u"cf:mmmm bolster & (ault - of past tives, letin capacity of a sound, well road might be taxed to road, whose unfavorable have been the mistakes or to be a camel's nose the tent of ultimate Government ership. The wil roads to search for means ceptance of the I C. C. plan, with modifications, is a happy postpone~ ment of resort to a wage policy that would have unfavcrable reactions on “The _executives are wise in one thing. will insist that the pool the Charlotte Ohcrvx u',h:hfln the or. of railroads given a fair n finds it easy * ent of the rail- the 15 per cent in- crease, but as between 1 and the finding of the commission raflroads have all the better of the Favors Shorter Hours As Best Jobless Aid To the Editor of The Star: One of the panaceas for the relief of our present and prospective distress is to issue United States bonds to the ex- tent of five billions of dollars. Putting the number of America's un- | employed at the possibly full figure of | 10,000,000, each might then receive | 8500, provided the bonds sold at par. By exercising close economy that would . { out of the way,” thinks the Fort Worth | probably sustain the average sufferer | Star-Telegram, pointing out that “the | P . ag! afte | they seem likely to 1 cure for found? Will it be me tion again f: us continue unless some unemployment is ore bonds or starva- posed present issue is to able in 1951, by what right are we obligations gmmrafln to foist the father's debts on the e‘Eenh( them to meet condi- mz'mw::" 15 tion, can such bonds ul be paid